路

• Physical paths: roads, streets, tracks, or mountain passes.
• Journey/Itinerary: the act of traveling or a specific route taken.
• Method/Channel: a practical "way" of doing something; a tactical means, procedure, or opening to achieve a goal.

• Can function as a classifier for distance or a stage of travel (e.g., calculating the effort or duration of a stretch of a trip).

• Contrast with 道: While both can mean "way" or "path," 路 generally emphasizes the particular and physical (the ground, transit, and material route), whereas 道 tends toward the universal and conceptual (principles, moral truths, and essence).

// In later imperial contexts, notably during the Tang and Song dynasties, refers to a circuit (//lù*), a large-scale administrative region.